06-04-2008, 10:55 PM
Virginia joins the party, with SACS-accredited VCU awarding the Richmond police chief a degree on only 6 of 30 required units:
Quote:Virginia Commonwealth University is investigating whether it awarded a bachelor’s degree to Rodney Monroe, Richmond’s chief of police, even though he lacked enough credits. The university issued a statement last month indicating that it was investigating allegations that a degree had been awarded inappropriately, but that statement did not identify the recipient. Monroe is about to take over as police chief in Charlotte, N.C. and anonymous notes sent to the Charlotte and Richmond media — and to Virginia Commonwealth’s accreditor — prompted reports about the inquiry in The Charlotte Observer and The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Monroe has denied any wrongdoing and many officials in both areas are backing him, and denouncing the anonymous tipster. The anonymous tip — from someone who identified himself to the newspapers as Harry Potter — said that Monroe did not meet the requirement that he earn at least 30 credits at the university, and that he earned only 6. The Observer article noted that in a feature article about Monroe receiving the degree last year, the Richmond paper said that he took only two courses at the university.http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/04/qt
